PKT to IRST Converter
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5:00 pm17:00 PKT (UTC+5), Nov 14, 2026 = 3:30 pm15:30 IRST (UTC+3:30), Nov 14, 2026
PKT is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of IRST.
PKT and IRST examples
These examples always use PKT (UTC+5) and IRST (UTC+3:30). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
PKT is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of IRST.
How the time difference changes
PKT is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of IRST year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PKT correspond to 7:30 am to 4:30 pm in IRST.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PKT correspond to 07:30 to 16:30 in IRST.
Compare PKT time with IRST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Pakistan Standard Time is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of Iran Standard Time.
5:00 pm17:00 in PKT is 3:30 pm15:30 in IRST
PKT to IRST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10:30am-6pm10:30-18:00 in PKT which corresponds to 9am-4:30pm09:00-16:30 in IRST.
5:00 pm17:00 Pakistan Standard Time (PKT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours
3:30 pm15:30 Iran Standard Time (IRST). Offset UTC +3:30 hours
5:00 pm17:00 PKT / 3:30 pm15:30 IRST
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Pakistan Standard Time
Offset: PKT is 5 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Pakistan
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PKT time zone is Lahore in Pakistan, with about 13.004 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Karachi, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Pakistan Standard Time (PKT) do not change for daylight saving time, so PKT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
Current time in Pakistan: Pakistan time now
PKT representations, usage and related time zones
- +05 - basic short
- +0500 - basic
- +05:00 - extended
- +0500 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Echo - Military abbreviation for PKT
- E - short form of 'Echo'
- Asia/Karachi
- ALMT - Alma-Ata Time
- AMST - Armenia Summer Time
- AQTT - Aqtobe Time
- AZST - Azerbaijan Summer Time
- E - Echo Time Zone
- MAWT - Mawson Time
- MVT - Maldives Time
- ORAT - Oral Time
- PKT - Pakistan Standard Time
- QYZT - Qyzylorda Time
- TFT - French Southern and Antarctic Time
- TJT - Tajikistan Time
- TMT - Turkmenistan Time
- UZT - Uzbekistan Time
- YEKT - Yekaterinburg Time
- HMT - Heard and McDonald Islands Time
Iran Standard Time
Offset: IRST is 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Iran
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IRST time zone is Tehran in Iran, with about 7.153 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Tabriz.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Iran Standard Time (IRST) do not change for daylight saving time, so IRST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
IRST representations, usage and related time zones
- +0330 - basic
- +03:30 - extended
- +0330 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.